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H2 PSA: As we’ve seen, if you copy a link and paste it into your comment it’s probably going to embed, and that’s a bad thing. If the “a href=” code is not your speed, Mr. Chumpo found this last night and it works: http://easyhyperlinks.com/index.asp.

I haven’t broken the news to the family about the mild Tennessee winters causing a dramatic increase in bugs around here compared to Oh HI Oh. If I get a fast enough internet service they’ll probably never notice.

Pupster: When I was a kiddo in South Texas, whenever we would lay down in the grass, we’d usually wind up itching some, but it wasn’t real bad and it didn’t last very long. My mom said it was because of “red bugs”, but I never saw a bug and it never left anything like a bite mark.

Just poking around. There’s a lot of anti-vaccine BS on the tubes, but there’s also a lot of “hey, these things aren’t as safe as they should be”. That article was about 50-50 paranoia/fact, I thought.

Hollande is to announce a new government on Tuesday. The debate among French Socialists mirrors one taking place across Europe on whether to pursue a German-led model of fiscal austerity or use more government spending to spur growth.

Hey, I’ve got an idea, since it’s pretty obvious that socialism is not working, try something else not parasitical.

“… to buy Twitch, a popular Internet video channel for watching and broadcasting people playing videogames, for about $970 million in cash. Our story takes a look at the innovations developed by Twitch, the value of the purchase for Amazon and the details of the deal. Though little-known outside the world of tech and gaming, Twitch is the fourth-largest source of U.S. Internet traffic, behind Netflix, Google and Apple.”

Okay, I’ve never heard of Twitch, the 4th largest driver of internet traffic. People watching people playing video games.

Leon, your cultural bias is showing. Check your privilege. (We have the problem here with Mexican nationals and statutory rape laws. I was always taught that “Ignorance is no excuse”, but I guess culture trumps law.)

My sister is a 5th grade counselor in a barrio school in Dallas. She has 11 and 12 year olds getting impregnated by grown men. They’re all Mexican Nationals, so nobody cares. Dallas cops don’t even investigate. All about getting the girls on WIC, EBT, and pre-natal treatment.

The Left by and large is perfectly fine with child rape, excuse me “early sexual awakening”. The list of perverts on the left reads like a who’s who of radicals. So when a Mexican national or a Pakistani immigrant molests a child, they really truly don’t care. “People will riot” is just a convenient excuse which happens to reinforce their stereotypes. See, they have to keep it secret because the neanderthals think this stuff is bad and might respond negatively.

They are Mexican Nationals and think young girls are fair game. Catholic Church has been getting upset, because they aren’t getting married because they lose benefits, but they still want to get their babies baptized. Common problem in NM, too.

The entire world has gone mad when it comes to rape. A woman can accuse a man and with little to no evidence, his life can very easily be ruined. Children are sexually abused and it’s covered up, hidden and lied about. An 18 yr old having sex with a 16 yr old can result in the 18 yr old bing a registered sex offender (depending on the laws of the area).

Back from the doc’s office; met with a very cool PA. I have good drugs waiting for pick up at my Walgreen’s. And a bit of additional coolness, got to see an Osprey playing at Gateway Airport after I picked up the boys.

I envy your strength, Oso and CAriN, for maintaining contact with a relative who basically shit all over you repeatedly. I do not have that inside me nor will I ever. You two are very special in that regard.

Car in, Oso, just catching up. I admire you for dealing with very crappy things. How’s the hand Car in?

Cyn. Two words. Lots of beer. I hope you’re not in pain. I had exactly one kidney stone about 18 years ago and thought I was getting stabbed. In the ER I finally passed something the size of a pin head. The nurse congratulated me “you got it” and all I could think was “that can’t be all of the iceberg, surely the rest of it is bigger than that.

Awesome Jimbro; always nice to see the confirming for info I occasionally get from my mom’s natropath :) I picked up a bottle of real lemon juice and real apple juice this afternoon along with a few other homeopathic items.

Dave, no pain yet just the on and off nausea. Peppermint tea seems to be helping and I’ll break out the Rx (can’t recall what the PA ordered for me) if it gets bad enough. The pain med waiting for pick up is 600mg Ibuprofen that he’ll have me take 4x/day. Wheeeeeee!

I just cannot do beer. But I might have to: the report says that the largest stone is 5mm. *gulp* I’m kinda scared.

It’s not just the genetic component, it’s that incest corrupts familial bonds. If parents are able to look at children as potential sexual partners, then every interaction becomes suspect, especially between adults and minor children. Additionally, the dynamic between parents and children, or even siblings, is such that there are legitimate issues to be raised about whether one partner has truly consented or if they are being manipulated into the relationship.

Just outlawing incest is actually less intrusive than trying to create a system that legalizes it and isn’t subject to widespread abuse.